The Twenty Minute Counselor: Transforming Brief Conversations into Effective Helping Experiences (The Continuum Counseling Series) - Hardcover

Charles H. Huber; Barbara A. Backlund

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082640524X ISBN 13: 9780826405241

Publisher: Continuum, 1991

Synopsis

This book encourages setting achievable goals, putting them into action, rethinking dysfunctional thoughts, and working activley toward a happier and more satisfying life.

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Reviews

Through case studies and discussion, Huber and Backlund show how a brief series of 20-minute counseling sessions can lead to sometimes dramatic life changes. By getting the client to focus on exceptions, the times when things went well, the therapist causes the client to discover how to find solutions to specific problems. For example, the divorced father in danger of losing his job because he and his daughters fight about getting ready for school in the mornings discovers the value of planning the night before. In addition to university teaching, the authors work at a clinic specializing in short term, 20-minute therapy sessions with clients unable or unwilling to commit to longer sessions and who seek "drop in" therapy. This book will be useful to a variety of helping professionals, especially those not in private practice who struggle with large case loads. Intelligent lay-persons will find it offers useful self-help advice as well. Highly recommended for most libraries.
- Carolyn Craft, Long wood Coll., Farmville, Va.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082640524X
• ISBN 13: 9780826405241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 129